VCIM 1570 Web Publishing I
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Foundational web design, planning and construction with emphasis on web standards,
usability and accessibility. Students construct web pages in (X)HTML and CSS using
basic text-editing software. Topics include analysis of how and why a website succeeds
or fails, aesthetics and visual design for web, planning, creation, uploading and
registration of sites, troubleshooting, search engine optimization and
basic marketing strategies.
WHY I'M TAKING THIS COURSE
I've spent the last 6 years as a print designer for American Greetings. I am a card planner
and I've worked on many program lines including Target and the Hispanic card line.
And while my skills with print design are sharp, I am pretty clueless when it comes to
web design. By taking this course, I hope to gain a basic understanding of XHTML
coding and CSS. I also plan on taking the Flash Dreamweaver class after this.
With my new found knowledge I have plans to seek a job that utilizes both
my print experience and web media skills, be that at American Greetings or beyond.